Metelev Vyacheslav

Metelev Vyacheslav

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I came to Cisco company in 1996 the engineer and there passed the way to the technical director. Gradually began to pass to work with business processes, at first in the direction of business development, and eventually switched to work with strategic clients of Cisco. Some time I tried to maintain the technological level, but quickly understood that it is necessary to be focused on a certain direction. It is impossible to sit at the same time on several chairs, even on one it is hard to remain sitting occasionally. Accent of my current work – business, but I try to behave "in shape" and to understand about what there is a speech in our offers to clients consciously to make decisions.

In my history of work in Cisco there were different stages. I began to work as the engineer, long was engaged in the optical transport systems, then gradually moved towards the leading work, began to be engaged in business development, entered into the collective which is engaged in development of the business directions in emerging markets – as a matter of fact, I as though worked in the different companies.

When I joined Cisco company in 1996, it was "startup" in pure form, and in the whole Europe. Those years transportation of all European personnel of the company on this or that conference required two airplanes. Today even only one Moscow office will not be located in two airplanes. It says about how the company grew. The Cisco company developed, also I developed. During this time the Cisco company several times changed. Now there is a new wave of changes. Generally, it was boring for me never therefore I always found for myself interesting case here.^[1]

The main priorities of the company for 2011:

• The first is our intention and the first specific steps on opening of local production. There was a speech about it at the Russian President's meeting with the management of Cisco. There it was announced intention of Cisco to invest one billion dollars in economy of Russia in the different directions, including, and in deployment of local production of the products Cisco. The first step is taken in this direction: according to the license Cisco in Russia production of the innovation hardware VPN module is started.
• The second direction is connected with our plans for cooperation with Skolkovo Foundation and investment and innovation programs, with our intentions to expand presence in different areas. This and venture investment, and participation of the company in local research and development based on Skolkovo, both development of the non-commercial program of Network academies Cisco, and the tender "Award of Innovations Skolkovo" which is coming to the end on May 16, 2011, and physical presence of the company in Skolkovo, and activities, joint with Skolkovo Foundation, for creation "virtual Skolkovo".
• The third direction is connected with a video conferencing. After Tandberg acquisition the range of our solutions for video conferences (Cisco TelePresence, in particular) was complemented with a wide product range of this company.

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